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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Hellenistic Monarchies| > |Seleucid Kingdom| > GB73102
Seleukid Kingdom, Antiochus IX Cyzicenus, 114 - 95 B.C.
|Seleucid| |Kingdom|, |Seleukid| |Kingdom,| |Antiochus| |IX| |Cyzicenus,| |114| |-| |95| |B.C.|, After Antiochos IX's father died, his uncle Demetrius II Nicator took the throne. For his safety, his mother, Cleopatra Thea, sent him to Cyzicus (leading to his nickname). He returned to Syria in 116 B.C. to claim the throne from his half-brother Antiochus VIII Grypus, with whom he eventually divided Syria. He was killed in battle by the son of Grypus, Seleucus VI Epiphanes.
GB73102. Bronze AE 18, Houghton-Lorber II 2379; BMC Seleucid p. 94, 31; Babelon Rois 1505; Houghton CSE 2, 775 var. (control); HGC 9 1253 (R2); SNG Spaer -; SNG Cop -, aVF, green patina, centered on a tight flan, corrosion, uncertain (probably Syrian) mint, weight 4.934g, maximum diameter 17.9mm, die axis 0o, 114 - 95 B.C.; obverse laureate head of Apollo right, with hair rolled, curly locks down neck; reverse Artemis standing facing, wearing short tunic and boots, spear vertical in right hand, bow in left, BAΣIΛΕΩΣ ANTIOXOY downward in two lines on right, ΦIΛOΠATOPOΣ downward on left, E (control) on side facing downward outer left; very rare; SOLD




  







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